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Medieval II: Total War PC
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Nov 13, 2006
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88 out of 100

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User Score
8.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 214 Ratings

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  • Summary: Medieval 2: Total War boasts an impressive array of new graphical and gameplay enhancements, including the capability for a massive 10,000 dynamic characters to be taken into battle at any one time. On top of this, The Creative Assembly have implemented a fully redesigned multiplayer mode that offers a dynamic multi-battle campaign bolstered by an unprecedented level of visceral combat choreography that reflects the brutality of medieval warfare. Set in the most turbulent and bloody era in European history, Medieval 2: Total War allows gamers to lead their armies across the battlefields of Europe and the Holy Land before discovering the Americas and doing battle with the fearsome Aztecs. Medieval 2: Total War offers a vastly enhanced terrain model to create new graphically rich environments portraying breathtaking cliff top castles and enhanced settlement features that are unique to each civilisation. [Sega]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. Times Online
    100
    An exceptional game that brings history alive with enormous flair and clarity.
  2. PC Gameworld
    95
    What's really most interesting about all of these changes, however, is that you now need to pay attention to all major aspects of the game to win, even at lower difficulty levels.
  3. Pelit (Finland)
    94
    Take the contents and theme from Medieval. Mix them with eye candy from "Rome," add some spice and you have a winner on your hands. [Dec 2006, p.82]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 69
  3. Negative: 6 out of 69
  1. jp
    9
    Good game, bravo!, but no Rome:Total War.
    • 5 of 5 users said yes
  2. Budget_Security
    6
    My friend brought this game over and I was pleasantly surprised (I prefer more hardcore games like Victoria). So I got the Gold edition from the bargain bin. The hotseat multiplayer mode is great fun if you have some friends and a lot of time to kill. This is a good game but not a great game because: it is still too arcade, the highest difficulty level is still way too easy, the AI is quite bad, the battle autoresolve is very unbalanced and the controls can be temperamental. Good large mods like Stainless Steel 6.4+ address some of the flaws.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. turkolainen
    2
    I find this game to be the most frustrating game I've played in my entire life. Why? Among others, there's the fact that: 1. Units tend to disobey your orders ALL THE TIME when in battle 2. economy totally sucks in this game. it's vague, unpredictable and just plain irritating 3. unit damage doesn't make any sense. it's impossible to tell if your archers are doing any damage in battle, or that your cavalry is actually DOING SOMETHING. there is no such thing as a total HP meter to see if you are actually winning or not. too annoying!!! 4. the AI in campaign maps tend to attack you for no freaking reason at all. last time i played, suddenly the Roman Empire just decided to attack me for no reason, along with the Danes and the French. their behavior is beyond idiotic 5. you will be excommunicated for the most simple things. too frustrating 6. conquering lands takes FOREVER. it's too much of a struggle to just take a single freaking city 7. the overal battle system is complete crap. automatically resolving battles is NEVER in your favor 8. you cannot choose every faction by default. this game wants you to complete the 50 hour campaign of 5 factions before you can play as the race you want. why not just make every faction playable by default?? 9. building stuff is lineair and does not have any depth. you build a tannery to get leather armor. you build a fletchery to get archers. you build a stable to get cavalry. this DOESNT feel like i'm building a city at all. it's lame 10. the overall repetitive gameplay. conquering other factions requires you to do the same things 50 times over and over again i can go on like this for a very long time. please, don't buy this game. it's really bad… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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